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<p><u><strong>Opinion</strong></u></p><p>Like most attention-craving clowns, Donald Trump has to turn up his asinine rhetoric on a regular basis.</p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Last week, while announcing his presidential run, he hurled </span>uber-asinine<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> insults at Mexico – calling migrants from our southern neighbor “drug dealers, rapists and murderers.”</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Normally, I’d condemn the Comb-Over King for that kind of anti-Latino bigotry. And a big part of me still most vehemently does.</span></p>Thu, 25 Jun 2015 22:07:58 +0000Tim Padgett52182 at http://wlrn.orgCould Donald Trump's Mexico Insults Mean The End Of Miss Universe? Let's Hope!Miss Colombia Wins Pageant; Miss Jamaica Wins Twitter?http://wlrn.org/post/miss-colombia-wins-pageant-miss-jamaica-wins-twitter
After Miss Colombia's Paulina Vega won the Miss Universe pageant on Sunday, she was greeted with a scepter, tiara and a kiss from the first runner-up, Miss U.S.A. But even as Vega took her first steps as Miss Universe, something that was happening elsewhere on stage caught a lot of attention.<p><a href="https://twitter.com/thePageantGuy/status/559563730447380483/photo/1" target="_blank">Photos circulated online</a> that showed several other contestants trying to hoist Miss Jamaica, Kaci Fennell, in the air.Wed, 28 Jan 2015 11:42:43 +0000Kenya Downs44626 at http://wlrn.orgMiss Colombia Wins Pageant; Miss Jamaica Wins Twitter?A Breast Implant Shortage In Venezuela Might Save Us A Miss Universe Headache In Miamihttp://wlrn.org/post/breast-implant-shortage-venezuela-might-save-us-miss-universe-headache-miami
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Let’s be clear: Breast implants are no laughing matter.</span></p><p>Women who’ve had mastectomies can depend on them. Women who’ve had self-esteem issues can turn to them. And if they’re defective, women can die from them.</p><p>But let’s be honest: When the Associated Press <a href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/venezuelas-newest-shortage-breast-implants" target="_blank">this week reported</a> a shortage of breast implants in Venezuela – the latest of a host of product scarcities in that whack economy – a lot of people chuckled.</p>Thu, 18 Sep 2014 03:57:34 +0000Tim Padgett38746 at http://wlrn.orgA Breast Implant Shortage In Venezuela Might Save Us A Miss Universe Headache In MiamiHow Venezuela Won Miss Universe – And Lost Its Relevancehttp://wlrn.org/post/how-venezuela-won-miss-universe-and-lost-its-relevance
<p>What do Miss Universe and <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/11/11/3746827/miami-herald-reporter-recounts.html" target="_blank">Miami Herald South America correspondent Jim Wyss</a> have in common? Not a heck of a lot physically. But quite a bit symbolically: Left-wing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro would have liked to use both of them recently to distract voters from his so-far disastrous administration.</p>Mon, 18 Nov 2013 22:19:10 +0000Tim Padgett23715 at http://wlrn.orgHow Venezuela Won Miss Universe – And Lost Its Relevance